Robert Louis Stevenson was born on this day in 1850. We’re sure Daniel Day-Lewis could play him in a biopic.

Three words: John Fogerty memoir.

Sarah Vowell, Fiona Maazel, and others talk Moby-Dick for the upcoming marathon.

Colm Toibin talks to NPR.

The New Inquiry is having a subscription drive.

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